Privacy for Shopify Partners
For Shopify Partners who develop apps, build stores, refer merchants, or help merchants operate their stores
Introduction
If you participate in Shopify’s partner program (for example, by developing apps or themes for use by Shopify merchants, by serving as an affiliate that refers potential merchants to us, or by helping merchants build or manage their stores), we collect and use your personal information to provide you with the use of our platform and its services, and generally to help you work with our merchants. Additionally, please review our overall privacy policy that applies to everyone whose information we process.
What information we collect about you and why
We collect the following personal information about you when you sign up as a Shopify partner or affiliate, or when you otherwise provide us with this information. We process your personal data in order to perform our contract with you or because it is in our legitimate interests to maintain our business relationship, prevent risk and fraud, provide effective services to you, improve our products and services, and to be responsive to you. In some cases, we only process your personal information with your consent.
What we collect
How we use it
Information you provide about yourself and your business, like your name, company name, address, email address, and phone number.
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To provide you with the use of our platform and other related services (e.g., to confirm your identity, to contact you about issues with the platform, to invoice you)
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To advertise and market products or features to you
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To comply with legal requirements
Payment information you provide, such as your credit or debit card number or your bank account number.
- To process payments from you, or to remit payments to you
Information about how you access Shopify websites, your account, and our platform, including information about the device and browser you use, your network connection, your IP address, communication with Merchants, and details about how you browse our websites and platform. We collect some of this information by using “cookies” or other similar technologies directly from your device. For more information about how we use these technologies, see our Cookie Policy.
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To provide you use of, and to improve, our platform and other related services (e.g., identifying ways to make our platform easier to use or navigate)
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To personalize the platform for you (e.g., by showing you apps in our app store that we believe may be useful to you)
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To advertise and market products or features to you
Copies you provide of government-issued identification you provide us.
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If we need to verify your identity (e.g., to protect you against identity theft or fraud)
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To verify that we are speaking with you if you contact us
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To comply with legal requirements
When and why we share your information with others
We need to share your personal information with companies who help us provide you with our services, and to connect you with merchants that we believe may be interested in your services. We also share your personal information with others:
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to prevent or investigate suspected fraud, threats to physical safety, illegal activity, or violations of a contract (like our Terms of Service) or our policies (like our Acceptable Use Policy)
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to help us conduct marketing and advertising
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to process payments from you, or to remit payments to you
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to comply with legal requirements, or to respond to court orders, subpoenas, warrants, or other similar government demands (for more information, please read our Government Access Policy)